Rebirth Of The Heiress And The Tycoon's Lover (Alina) novel Chapter 158

AUTHOR’S POV.

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“Well,” she murmured, her voice smooth yet edged with challenge, “let’s see what actually happened… shall

we?”

Lucian and Ace exchanged a tense glance not knowing what to expect, but Talia was already hacking into the hotel’s CCTV feed. The tv screen came alive with grainy footage, displaying the same image on her laptop.

“Okay… here we go,” she mumbled, eyes narrowing as she fast–forwarded through the grainy hallway footage. “This is Ace… looking oh–so–responsible, hauling Mr. Blackwood’s drunk ass down the hallway,” she said without looking up, lips twitching faintly. “Opens the door… helps you inside… aaaand-” she clicked her tongue, “shuts the door behind him. Smooth exit.”

The video rolled on. Not thirty seconds later, Jessica appeared in the hallway, high heels clicking against the carpet even in the silent footage. Talia’s brows arched. “And here comes trouble, right on cue.” She glanced at Ace briefly. “Yeah, this matches your story. You indeed met her right outside the door.”

“Did you doubt my story firecracker?” Ace asked with a playful smirk.

Talia rolled her eyes. “Please focus on the screen.” She said dryly.

Ace never missed an opportunity to flirt with her whenever they were in the same space which wasn’t much.

They all watched as Jessica exchanged a few words with Ace and he opened the door for her but just as he was about to follow her in, he paused, pulled out his phone from his pocket and received a call before glancing back into the suite one last time and walking away.

“Well that checks that out.” She scrubbed the footage forward a few seconds and turned to Alina. “When exactly did you call him?”

“A little past midnight,” Alina replied, her voice still cool but edged with curiosity.

“Uh–huh…” Talia paused the footage, finger pointing at the timestamp in the corner. “Right there…Jessica goes in at twelve–oh–seven. And you said you called…what…twelve–ten? That’s interesting.”

She resumed the video, talking as she watched. “So she’s in there… probably doing whatever shady little setup she had planned… aaand-” the video showed Jessica leaving, the time stamp reading twelve–thirteen, her lips curled in a self–satisfied smirk.

Talia leaned back in her chair, arms folded. “Yeah, see… unless Mr. Blackwood here is a one–minute man, which, sorry, I highly doubt-”

She said quickly as Lucian’s glare snapped to her, sharp enough to cut glass.

“Talia.” Alina snapped but she ignored her completely, her eyes locked on hers as a sly smile spread across her lips. “-and I only say that because of what you told me, Ally.”

Alina’s cheeks betrayed her before she could catch herself, a faint flush coloring her face. She looked away, but not before Lucian caught it and let the corner of his mouth curl into a slow, knowing smirk.

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Her glare shot back to him instantly. “Wipe that look off your face.”

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Lucian just leaned back slightly, smug in his silence, while Talia kept replaying the short clip, each pass narrowing the window of possibility.

“You see?” Talia finally said, tilting her head toward Alina, her tone casual but her eyes sharp. “If anything happened in there, it happened at record speed. Which isn’t possible if we’re being realistic.” She leaned back in her computer chair with a careless shrug, spinning slightly as if the matter were already settled.

Alina’s jaw tightened. “It doesn’t prove anything,” she said stubbornly, her voice flat but edged with quiet defiance. “That doesn’t mean nothing happened inside.”

Talia gave her a long, drawn–out seriously? look, one brow lifting in disbelief. When Alina held her without flinching, Talia exhaled through her nose and said flatly, “Fine.”

gaze

Without another word, she turned back to the desk, fingers already moving. A low murmur slipped from her lips as she began typing with rapid precision. Lines of strange numbers and codes began to flood the screen.

Alina frowned. “What are you doing?”

“Hacking into Eagle Eyes surveillance.” Talia replied without looking up.

The term meant nothing to Alina. “Eagle Eyes? What’s that?” She asked, her curiosity pricked.

Before Talia could answer, Ace stepped forward, his expression taking on a note of intrigue. “It’s… high–tech government surveillance,” he explained, his voice low, as if the very mention of it carried weight. “Operates through satellite, capable of capturing ground footage from space with such clarity it’s like you’re standing right there. Only a handful of authorized personnel have access. It’s… untouchable.”

Alina’s eyes widened. “And you’re just… breaking into it? Isn’t that dangerous?”

Talia scoffed, still typing without pause. “Dangerous only if I get caught. And that will never happen.” Her lips curved into a smirk. “Have you forgotten who I am?”

Ace’s brows furrowed. “Even if you’re good…how exactly do you think you’re going to get into something like this-”

“I’m in.” Talia cut in, her voice cool, almost bored, as the screen shifted to a live feed.

Lucian and Ace both froze, exchanging a look of pure shock, men who rarely betrayed their emotions now wearing expressions of disbelief.

Alina, however, wasn’t surprised. Her lips twitched into the faintest of smiles. She knew Talia was the best hacker in the city, maybe even the country.

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